Technology has brought some impressive solutions to the mortgage industry even if paperwork still occasionally has the upper hand.

Consumers have seen their share of the process simplified dramatically with the emergence of Rocket Mortgage and other mortgage point of sale (POS) platforms, with lenders rushing to get their own versions out into the market.

But in an industry with so many moving parts, innovation in one part of the process doesn't necessarily transfer well to the other systems needed to complete the loan origination process, creating frustrating gaps in the streamlining effort.

Thanks to Quicken Loan's relentless advertising, including a Super Bowl ad, everyone seems to have heard of the "emortgage" and demand is rising as a result.

Ironically, the emortgage has been around for 15 years but has been slow to be adopted in this paper-intensive industry. However, just as how Microsoft's promotion of "The Cloud" in TV ads dramatically increased usage of the term and demand for this type of software, after many years of being referred to as software as a service (SaaS), the repeated promotion of the emortgage appears to have increased demand.

Is your organization ready to offer emortgages as well as to handle both pre-fund and post-close quality control (QC) requirements?